Wind and water

Proverbs 8:29 When He assigned to the sea its limit,
      So that the waters would not transgress His command,
      When He marked out the foundations of the earth

 

This weekend I spent time at a friend's house located on a point of land flanked by water on two sides.  A creek lay on the side and a river connected to the Rappahannock filled the view from the rear of the home, which was situated on a rise creating a peaceful view of the water.  I spent a little time walking down to the water's edge to hear the small waves wash over the plants growing where water and land met.  I also enjoyed gazing out over the water as it danced in constant motion and tossed reflected light in diamond shimmers up to us.  The water seemed to be almost a living thing.  I was talking to a friend who lives on the water and he said that the view constantly changes as the winds play with the waves and tease them into anger or caress them into bobbing submission.  The wind and waves have that kind of direct relationship and it is impossible for the water not to react to the personality of the air moving above it.  Less obvious was the gradual rise and fall of water with tidal change, caused by the pull of the sun and moon.  The tides shift the entire river level by several feet every day.  We know that our lives can be like the water too.  On the surface we tend to react, almost immediately, to the winds in our lives...whether stormy gale or calming breeze.  There are underlying forces that are less obvious but that pull with irresistible force, as well.  The thought today has to do with the forces that influencing you.  Do you allow the winds that whip through your life to have the greater effect, or do you remember the trustworthy pull of God's tide, which like the moon, draws you in and sends you out no matter what happens on the surface?

 

blessings,

Rob Smith

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